35 public waters in the Northern Lower Peninsula region — 19 lakes/reservoirs and 16 rivers. Every one is public water fishable on a Michigan licence.
See every public fishing venue in Michigan on the map, with boat ramps, camping, parking and full rules for each one.
Missaukee County, Michigan — Lake Missaukee is a 2,039-acre lake, managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources (public boating access): A northern-Michigan inland lake — cool, clear glacial water. Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch, Bluegill and Pumpkinseed, Rock Bass, Black Crappie, and Muskellunge or Cisco in the bigger and deeper ones. Most have a DNR or township boating access site; many have a slot or minimum on bass and Walleye.
In Roscommon and Missaukee Counties, Michigan, Dead Stream Flooding Lake is a 567-acre lake, managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources (public boating access). A northern-Michigan inland lake — cool, clear glacial water. Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch, Bluegill and Pumpkinseed, Rock Bass, Black Crappie, and Muskellunge or Cisco in the bigger and deeper ones. Most have a DNR or township boating access site; many have a slot or minimum on bass and Walleye.
Crooked Lake (490 acres) sits in Missaukee County, Michigan, managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources (public boating access). A northern-Michigan inland lake — cool, clear glacial water. Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch, Bluegill and Pumpkinseed, Rock Bass, Black Crappie, and Muskellunge or Cisco in the bigger and deeper ones. Most have a DNR or township boating access site; many have a slot or minimum on bass and Walleye.
Dead Stream Flooding in Missaukee County spans 422 acres of productive northern Michigan water where largemouth and smallmouth bass thrive alongside northern pike and walleye. Bluegill and yellow perch round out the panfish and sunfish options in this DNR-managed impoundment.
Lake Sapphire, a 246-acre lake in Missaukee County, Michigan, managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources (public boating access): A northern-Michigan inland lake — cool, clear glacial water. Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch, Bluegill and Pumpkinseed, Rock Bass, Black Crappie, and Muskellunge or Cisco in the bigger and deeper ones. Most have a DNR or township boating access site; many have a slot or minimum on bass and Walleye.
In Roscommon and Missaukee Counties, Michigan, Bear Creek Lake is a 127-acre lake, managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources. A Michigan 'two-story' lake — cool oxygenated depths stocked with rainbow and Brown Trout over a warm-water bass, pike and Panfish fishery up top. Fish the Trout deep in summer, the bass and Bluegill in the shallows, and both through the ice.
Missaukee County, Michigan — Goose Lake is a 97-acre lake, managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources (public boating access): A northern-Michigan inland lake — cool, clear glacial water. Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch, Bluegill and Pumpkinseed, Rock Bass, Black Crappie, and Muskellunge or Cisco in the bigger and deeper ones. Most have a DNR or township boating access site; many have a slot or minimum on bass and Walleye.
Big Cannon Creek Number One Flooding (66 acres) sits in Missaukee County, Michigan, managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Lakes and reservoirs across this region typically hold walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, largemouth and smallmouth bass, and panfish such as bluegill, crappie and pumpkinseed, with muskellunge present in some larger lakes -- species commonly documented across the region's public waters by state wildlife agencies.
Whitlock Lake (54 acres) sits in Missaukee County, Michigan, managed by State Department of Natural Resources. A northern-Michigan inland lake — cool, clear glacial water. Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch, Bluegill and Pumpkinseed, Rock Bass, Black Crappie, and Muskellunge or Cisco in the bigger and deeper ones. Most have a DNR or township boating access site; many have a slot or minimum on bass and Walleye.
Little Goose Lake (39 acres) sits in Missaukee County, Michigan, managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources (public boating access). A northern-Michigan inland lake — cool, clear glacial water. Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch, Bluegill and Pumpkinseed, Rock Bass, Black Crappie, and Muskellunge or Cisco in the bigger and deeper ones. Most have a DNR or township boating access site; many have a slot or minimum on bass and Walleye.
In Missaukee County, Michigan, Dyer Lake is a 36-acre lake, managed by State Department of Natural Resources. A northern-Michigan inland lake — cool, clear glacial water. Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch, Bluegill and Pumpkinseed, Rock Bass, Black Crappie, and Muskellunge or Cisco in the bigger and deeper ones. Most have a DNR or township boating access site; many have a slot or minimum on bass and Walleye.
In Missaukee County, Michigan, Clam River Lake is a 24-acre lake, managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources (public boating access). A Michigan 'two-story' lake — cool oxygenated depths stocked with rainbow and Brown Trout over a warm-water bass, pike and Panfish fishery up top. Fish the Trout deep in summer, the bass and Bluegill in the shallows, and both through the ice.
In Missaukee County, Michigan, Falmouth Mill Pond is a 22-acre lake, managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Lakes and reservoirs across this region typically hold walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, largemouth and smallmouth bass, and panfish such as bluegill, crappie and pumpkinseed, with muskellunge present in some larger lakes -- species commonly documented across the region's public waters by state wildlife agencies.
Sheriden Lake, a 19-acre lake in Missaukee County, Michigan, managed by State Department of Natural Resources: A northern-Michigan inland lake — cool, clear glacial water. Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch, Bluegill and Pumpkinseed, Rock Bass, Black Crappie, and Muskellunge or Cisco in the bigger and deeper ones. Most have a DNR or township boating access site; many have a slot or minimum on bass and Walleye.
In Missaukee County, Michigan, Timber Wolf Lake is a 17-acre lake, managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Lakes and reservoirs across this region typically hold walleye, northern pike, yellow perch, largemouth and smallmouth bass, and panfish such as bluegill, crappie and pumpkinseed, with muskellunge present in some larger lakes -- species commonly documented across the region's public waters by state wildlife agencies.
Dead Stream Lake (16 acres) sits in Missaukee County, Michigan, managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources (public boating access). A northern-Michigan inland lake — cool, clear glacial water. Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch, Bluegill and Pumpkinseed, Rock Bass, Black Crappie, and Muskellunge or Cisco in the bigger and deeper ones. Most have a DNR or township boating access site; many have a slot or minimum on bass and Walleye.
Shallow Lake (11 acres) sits in Missaukee County, Michigan, managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources (public boating access). A northern-Michigan inland lake — cool, clear glacial water. Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch, Bluegill and Pumpkinseed, Rock Bass, Black Crappie, and Muskellunge or Cisco in the bigger and deeper ones. Most have a DNR or township boating access site; many have a slot or minimum on bass and Walleye.
Blind Lake (7 acres) sits in Missaukee County, Michigan, managed by Michigan Department of Natural Resources (public boating access). A northern-Michigan inland lake — cool, clear glacial water. Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Yellow Perch, Bluegill and Pumpkinseed, Rock Bass, Black Crappie, and Muskellunge or Cisco in the bigger and deeper ones. Most have a DNR or township boating access site; many have a slot or minimum on bass and Walleye.
Mosquito Creek Lake (6 acres) sits in Missaukee County, Michigan, managed by Other or Unknown State Land. A Michigan 'two-story' lake — cool oxygenated depths stocked with rainbow and Brown Trout over a warm-water bass, pike and Panfish fishery up top. Fish the Trout deep in summer, the bass and Bluegill in the shallows, and both through the ice.
The Manistee River — the upper river above Tippy Dam is a blue-ribbon wild-Trout fishery (browns, brookies, stocked rainbows), the CCC Bridge to Sharon stretch a classic float. Below Tippy Dam the lower Manistee is one of the best salmon and Steelhead rivers in the state, running huge numbers of Chinook, coho and Steelhead up to the dam.
Missaukee, Clare and Wexford Counties, Michigan — Clam River is a 52 km stream: A Michigan Blue Ribbon Trout stream — the state's best cold-water rivers for wild and stocked brown, brook and Rainbow Trout, with special regulations (flies-only, artificial-only, no-kill or trophy sections). The Au Sable Holy Water, the upper Manistee, the Pere Marquette flies-only, the South Branch, the Sturgeon, and the UP's Fox, Escanaba and Two Hearted.
Butterfield Creek runs 29 km through Missaukee County, Michigan: A warmwater Michigan river (the Kalamazoo, Huron, Raisin, Shiawassee, Cass, Flint, Thornapple, Rogue, Looking Glass, Red Cedar) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass, Bluegill, channel and Flathead Catfish, and Crappie in the slow water. Wade or float; access at DNR sites, county parks and bridges.
West Branch Muskegon River runs 39 km through Missaukee County, Michigan: A Lake Michigan or Lake Huron tributary that runs salmon and Steelhead (the Grand, Muskegon, Manistee, Pere Marquette, St. Joseph, Betsie, Platte, Little Manistee, White, Boardman) — a fall Chinook and coho run, spring and fall Steelhead ('chromers'), a winter brown-Trout fishery, and resident smallmouth and pike in the warmer reaches. Drift-boat and wade water.
Dead Stream River (19 km) flows through Missaukee and Roscommon Counties, Michigan. A warmwater Michigan river (the Kalamazoo, Huron, Raisin, Shiawassee, Cass, Flint, Thornapple, Rogue, Looking Glass, Red Cedar) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass, Bluegill, channel and Flathead Catfish, and Crappie in the slow water. Wade or float; access at DNR sites, county parks and bridges.
Big Cannon Creek (18 km) flows through Kalkaska and Missaukee Counties, Michigan. A warmwater Michigan river (the Kalamazoo, Huron, Raisin, Shiawassee, Cass, Flint, Thornapple, Rogue, Looking Glass, Red Cedar) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass, Bluegill, channel and Flathead Catfish, and Crappie in the slow water. Wade or float; access at DNR sites, county parks and bridges.
West Branch Clam River runs 22 km through Clare, Osceola and Missaukee Counties, Michigan: A warmwater Michigan river (the Kalamazoo, Huron, Raisin, Shiawassee, Cass, Flint, Thornapple, Rogue, Looking Glass, Red Cedar) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass, Bluegill, channel and Flathead Catfish, and Crappie in the slow water. Wade or float; access at DNR sites, county parks and bridges.
In Missaukee County, Michigan, Hopkins Creek is a 15 km river or creek. A warmwater Michigan river (the Kalamazoo, Huron, Raisin, Shiawassee, Cass, Flint, Thornapple, Rogue, Looking Glass, Red Cedar) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass, Bluegill, channel and Flathead Catfish, and Crappie in the slow water. Wade or float; access at DNR sites, county parks and bridges.
Haymarsh Creek (14 km) flows through Missaukee and Roscommon Counties, Michigan. A warmwater Michigan river (the Kalamazoo, Huron, Raisin, Shiawassee, Cass, Flint, Thornapple, Rogue, Looking Glass, Red Cedar) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass, Bluegill, channel and Flathead Catfish, and Crappie in the slow water. Wade or float; access at DNR sites, county parks and bridges.
Mosquito Creek (13 km) flows through Missaukee County, Michigan. A warmwater Michigan river (the Kalamazoo, Huron, Raisin, Shiawassee, Cass, Flint, Thornapple, Rogue, Looking Glass, Red Cedar) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass, Bluegill, channel and Flathead Catfish, and Crappie in the slow water. Wade or float; access at DNR sites, county parks and bridges.
In Missaukee and Wexford Counties, Michigan, Morrisy Creek is a 13 km river or creek. A warmwater Michigan river (the Kalamazoo, Huron, Raisin, Shiawassee, Cass, Flint, Thornapple, Rogue, Looking Glass, Red Cedar) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass, Bluegill, channel and Flathead Catfish, and Crappie in the slow water. Wade or float; access at DNR sites, county parks and bridges.
In Missaukee and Osceola Counties, Michigan, Middle Branch Creek is a 10 km river or creek. A Michigan Blue Ribbon Trout stream — the state's best cold-water rivers for wild and stocked brown, brook and Rainbow Trout, with special regulations (flies-only, artificial-only, no-kill or trophy sections). The Au Sable Holy Water, the upper Manistee, the Pere Marquette flies-only, the South Branch, the Sturgeon, and the UP's Fox, Escanaba and Two Hearted.
Ham Creek runs 11 km through Missaukee and Kalkaska Counties, Michigan: A warmwater Michigan river (the Kalamazoo, Huron, Raisin, Shiawassee, Cass, Flint, Thornapple, Rogue, Looking Glass, Red Cedar) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass, Bluegill, channel and Flathead Catfish, and Crappie in the slow water. Wade or float; access at DNR sites, county parks and bridges.
North Branch Creek runs 9 km through Missaukee County, Michigan: A warmwater Michigan river (the Kalamazoo, Huron, Raisin, Shiawassee, Cass, Flint, Thornapple, Rogue, Looking Glass, Red Cedar) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass, Bluegill, channel and Flathead Catfish, and Crappie in the slow water. Wade or float; access at DNR sites, county parks and bridges.
Cranberry Creek runs 7 km through Clare and Missaukee Counties, Michigan: A warmwater Michigan river (the Kalamazoo, Huron, Raisin, Shiawassee, Cass, Flint, Thornapple, Rogue, Looking Glass, Red Cedar) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass, Bluegill, channel and Flathead Catfish, and Crappie in the slow water. Wade or float; access at DNR sites, county parks and bridges.
Missaukee County, Michigan — Marks Creek is a 7 km stream: A warmwater Michigan river (the Kalamazoo, Huron, Raisin, Shiawassee, Cass, Flint, Thornapple, Rogue, Looking Glass, Red Cedar) — smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Rock Bass, Bluegill, channel and Flathead Catfish, and Crappie in the slow water. Wade or float; access at DNR sites, county parks and bridges.
Across its mapped waters, Missaukee County holds 28 species on PiscaMaps, including Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Rock Bass, Black Crappie and Channel Catfish.
Ramps, put-ins and species for every water — plus the carp layer no other US app has.
Open the Michigan map Join PiscaMapsOne Michigan DNR all-species fishing licence covers every public water in the state, trout and salmon included — the resident annual is about $26, the non-resident annual about $76, with 1-day and 3-day licences sold. Michigan folded the old trout/salmon stamp into this base licence in 2014, so there is no separate stamp for inland trout or the Great Lakes salmon fishery. Michigan residents 65 and older buy a reduced senior licence, and anglers under 17 fish free. Buy at Michigan.gov/DNRLicenses.